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Ban Ki-moon has condemned a fatal Islamist attack on a UN compound in Somalia, but vows the organisation won't end its work in the country.

A funeral home in PNG has been accused of burning unclaimed bodies - including dead babies.

Beggars have been accused of the stabbing death of a young woman who was taking photos on Hollywood's famous Walk of Fame.

Two men in the US accused of planning to build a "death ray" to target enemies of Israel have been charged.

Eleven crew members of a barge have been rescued after the vessel floundered off the coast of PNG.

Russia Post has launched an investigation after a video was posted online showing a man carelessly throwing parcels from a rail car onto a train platform.

Possible human remains have been found at a home once occupied by the gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in Goodfellas.

Two robbers dressed as Orthodox rabbis, and one posing as a security guard, have held up a bank in Buenos Aires, escaping with safety deposit boxes.